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privy

adjective
 
 
/ˈprɪv.i/ formal

Definition

be privy to sth to be told information that is not told to many people: I was never privy to conversations between top management.Aware
(Definition of privy adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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